The Heart

This was a writing assignment for my creative writing class. Thought I'd put it up.

Each pound, each beat

Moving one along in life

          The pounding on pavement of frightened feet

              The steady beat of the most vital bass drum

                  The smooth beating of wings on a bird's flight

Beats are vital to moving feet

                       to grasping fingers

                          to the twitch of an eye

But the controls are fragile

So erratic and

unpredictable

Under fire from disease and malfunctions

How can something so small

so odd in its architecture 

be the essence of life

       the reason a little boy can swing

          the reason an old man can play bingo

              the reason I can write this

"Can't save them all"

But that is my mission

My reason for being

I may not be God

but I'm a good place to start

Author's Note

Constructive? :) I've been experimenting with my poetry style a little.

Reviews

[Mercutio]

Great work! I really liked this

[Sami Khalil]

Thank you for sharing your creativity through this splendid poem...:)..................

[Bailey C. Writing]

Thank you so much!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)..............